Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell PowerEdge R320 Owner's Manual

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Your system supports two PCI Express expansion cards.
The following PCI Express Generation 2 and 3 expansion cards are supported.
Table 2. Supported Expansion Cards
Riser PCIe Slot
1 1
2 2
NOTE: The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.
The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The
expansion cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All other expansion
cards should be installed in card priority and slot priority order.
Table 3. Expansion-Card Installation Order
Card Priority Card Type
1 Integrated RAID
2 RAID
3 Converged Network Adapters
(CNAs)
4 10 Gb NICs
5 FC8 HBA
6 FC4 HBA
7 1 Gb NICs
8 Non-RAID
Generation Height
2 Low Profile
3 Standard Height
Height
Standard Height
Standard Height
Low Profile
Standard Height
Low Profile
Standard Height
Low Profile
Standard Height
Low Profile
Standard Height
Low Profile
Standard Height
Length
Half Length
Half Length
Slot Priority
Integrated Slot
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Slot 1 (Riser 1)
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Slot 1 (Riser 1)
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Slot 1 (Riser 1)
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Slot 1 (Riser 1)
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Slot 1 (Riser 1)
Slot 2 (Riser 2)
Link Slot Width
Width
x4 x8
x16 x16
Max Allowed Per
Slot
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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